108
108
Dec 9, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
there is the pressure of mid term election as a lead up to the next presidential election and i would say i would read the tea leaves. the way they're getting together on the farm bill is an indication republicans want to play ball a little bit more. those are farm bills. farmers are their constituents. i think there's a con volution of things with the re-election and mid term. the presidential election is very important in this lead up, particularly since the fumble with obama care. the republicans may see an opening and may be a reason for them to try to get some things done. >> so, i mean, you talk about the farm bill. do they have a long way away on how much they want to trim from that? democrats want to trim 4 billion, represent can't want to trim 40 billion. this is from the food stamps department. yes, they're talking, which is a good thing. there's still a lot of distance. >> well, there's distance on the food stamp program and that's always the case. democrats, remember, those are more -- those are perceived to be more democratic constituents so they will want to do less, par
there is the pressure of mid term election as a lead up to the next presidential election and i would say i would read the tea leaves. the way they're getting together on the farm bill is an indication republicans want to play ball a little bit more. those are farm bills. farmers are their constituents. i think there's a con volution of things with the re-election and mid term. the presidential election is very important in this lead up, particularly since the fumble with obama care. the...
78
78
Dec 3, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 78
favorite 0
quote 0
you can bet this will be the number one issue of the 2014 elections and beyond. >>> as we begin the holiday season, we pay extra attention to pope francis' criticism of capitalism. his apparent view that the state will solve the problems of poverty, not the market. i must say, with the greatest of humility as a devout catholic, i completely disagree with his holiness. all those stories and much more coming up on "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." we're here live, 7:00 p.m. eastern, 4:00 p.m. pacific. new obama care enrollment numbers out. there are still glitches everywhere apparently. steve handelsman joins us with the details. >> reporter: the website's better but it doesn't mean it's good. the nbc news estimate is that 100,000 americans in november signed up for coverage using healthcare.gov. that's a much better number than in october. but it's way worse than what a dozen or so state exchanges have signed up. today administration sources said by 5:30 p.m. eastern time, the site had 750,000 visits. it slowed
you can bet this will be the number one issue of the 2014 elections and beyond. >>> as we begin the holiday season, we pay extra attention to pope francis' criticism of capitalism. his apparent view that the state will solve the problems of poverty, not the market. i must say, with the greatest of humility as a devout catholic, i completely disagree with his holiness. all those stories and much more coming up on "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >>> good...
171
171
Dec 5, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 171
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> india's party looks to make gains in key elections. we'll be in dehli in just over half an hour. >>> and move over, detroit. tensions are moving to other regions drowning in debt, including puerto rico. what it could mean. if you've got any thoughts or comments about anything we're talking about today, e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. the ecb today will be presenting new growth and inflation forecasts alongside the announcement of its latest policy decision. the central bank said it expected a slight rise in inflation in 2014 and '15 and predicated a rise in in inflation across the upper row zone next year. annette is with us now. they cut rates last month. the euro hasn't weakened. we had sharp divergence between germany and france. what do they do now? >> that's a good question, actually, probably. today they won't do anything. we might see more moving towards potential further easing next year. as well, of course, that wouldn't be their first agenda to weaken the euro a little bit towards the dollar. they would never admit that. but i
. >>> india's party looks to make gains in key elections. we'll be in dehli in just over half an hour. >>> and move over, detroit. tensions are moving to other regions drowning in debt, including puerto rico. what it could mean. if you've got any thoughts or comments about anything we're talking about today, e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. the ecb today will be presenting new growth and inflation forecasts alongside the announcement of its latest policy decision. the central...
131
131
Dec 2, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 0
what is, after all, a democratically elected government? >> yeah, exactly. i think that sometimes is lost on, you know, the greater public or media viewership. this is a democratically elected government and in this case you've had a, you know, sizeable but still fairly small minority attempting some fairly provocative acts to get a reaction from the government, from the police, from the military and that adds a term on your show, involves things like invati invading the headquarters of the royal thai army. the government has had a great deal of restraint understanding the goal was to provoke. the government has done a good job of managing it and keeping the levels of violence to a minimum. >> it's a strange thing, isn't it, to talk about a people's coup to replace an interim r rim, unelected government. how is business viewing this? >> well, i think, you know, for businesses that are already hear, thai businesses that are already operating, they've seen this before. it's been going on at least since 2006 in one form or another and most kind of violently in
what is, after all, a democratically elected government? >> yeah, exactly. i think that sometimes is lost on, you know, the greater public or media viewership. this is a democratically elected government and in this case you've had a, you know, sizeable but still fairly small minority attempting some fairly provocative acts to get a reaction from the government, from the police, from the military and that adds a term on your show, involves things like invati invading the headquarters of...
133
133
Dec 9, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 133
favorite 0
quote 0
who are no longer elected will play a big role in stopping the next bailout. >> michael? >> i agree with lindsey. we don't want government in this role, period. but when we do have a very real situation that looks like too big to fail across banks and other industries we go through what we went through, the result really wasn't that bad. i don't think goth should be in this role and i don't think we've done anything to fix it. the banks are bigger other things are bigger. we'll have to do it again if we get there again. >> they're trying to write legislation to keep the fed from being able to exercise -- >> that's right, kelly. >> does it make sense? >> there's also more capital, michael. >> yes. >> a lot more regulation for better or worse. i would think given the capitalratios of some of these banks we're away from a t.a.r.p.-like situation -- >> although history after the fact is not that encouraging. we'll leave it there. steve liesman, they've for bringing that news to us. we'll keep eyes on gm shares as government has divested the rest of its stake, $10 billion loss
who are no longer elected will play a big role in stopping the next bailout. >> michael? >> i agree with lindsey. we don't want government in this role, period. but when we do have a very real situation that looks like too big to fail across banks and other industries we go through what we went through, the result really wasn't that bad. i don't think goth should be in this role and i don't think we've done anything to fix it. the banks are bigger other things are bigger. we'll have...
140
140
Dec 4, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 140
favorite 0
quote 0
we had john after he was elected talking to the public union saying we're going to get a great deal for you. he was representing the taxpayer. >> most of us will vote for more police, better fire, better sewage, better public -- do you think public employees need the protection of a union? are they protected against horrible municipal bosses? >> not like the private sector did better. you have to look to new york and the auto makers -- >> only place you have unions anymore. >> the union movement. it's starting to come back. it's sustaining the middle class in america. >> let's get to bruce about the adp report. we've had discussions already today bruce, about whether whatever the fed saw to not taper, the shutdown didn't seem to affect the last jobs number. will this be a 200 jobs number or decent jobs number? >> we're looking for a decent number, around 180,000. fundamentally the economy sound generating job growth. there's a little bit of a tailoff partly because of the late thanksgiving which we think will hurt a little in the retail sector in terms hiring. it's going to be solid. we
we had john after he was elected talking to the public union saying we're going to get a great deal for you. he was representing the taxpayer. >> most of us will vote for more police, better fire, better sewage, better public -- do you think public employees need the protection of a union? are they protected against horrible municipal bosses? >> not like the private sector did better. you have to look to new york and the auto makers -- >> only place you have unions anymore....
102
102
Dec 3, 2013
12/13
by
CNBC
tv
eye 102
favorite 0
quote 0
he was always going to go with the sooiide of this equation that would guarantee him success in the elections. from his perspective, that was going to be russia particularly as the ukraine required financial support which the eu seems unlikely willing to provide. >> if they had been willing to provide that, would the situation have been different? >> potentially. however, russia does hold a number of cards. obviously, ukraine is still very dependent on gas imports from russia and the gas price would have been a crucial consideration in all of this. however, it's clear from what has happened yanukovych miscalculated the extent to which the population is in favor of joining us moving towards the eu. we just got this note coming out from the ukraine finance minister saying can ikiev will back its debt on time. what do you make of that? >> that's clearly a signal to russia that the ukraine is still on side and possibly able to appeal to russia to come forth with distance. at this point, yanukovych has to show concrete evidence of russian support. >> are these protests go to go continue? and what
he was always going to go with the sooiide of this equation that would guarantee him success in the elections. from his perspective, that was going to be russia particularly as the ukraine required financial support which the eu seems unlikely willing to provide. >> if they had been willing to provide that, would the situation have been different? >> potentially. however, russia does hold a number of cards. obviously, ukraine is still very dependent on gas imports from russia and...